Jennie
After art school in London and teaching I set up a pottery in dorset. I am responsible for decorating and glazing most of our wares and I run a regular courses for local adults here at the pottery. Since 1975 I have worked with Douglas to run the annual summer schools. My time spent throwing is achieved within the demands of the garden, pantry and exhibitions. I work with Douglas as "first assistant" during our wood firings.

Douglas
I started potting in the early 1960s, building my first kiln while still at school. After college and spells working for Michael Cardew in Cornwall and Gywn Piggot-Hansen in France I set up my first pottery on the Somerset/Devon border in 1968. In 1976 I moved to Queen Camel where I commenced wood firing all my work. I ran my first summer school in 1971 and have been combining my own studio pottery work with teaching ever since.

I designed and built the wood-fired kilns used at Ridge Pottery. They are based on kilns I have pioneered in different parts of the world. My travels lecturing, kiln building, setting up potteries, and studying pots and potters have taken me to America, Japan, Malawi and Mexico.